Details for: PI 593340, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai, Tai Hei Xi Gua


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Top Name:
Tai Hei Xi Gua
Origin:
Donated – Shanghai Shi, China
Received by NPGS:
21 Feb 1995
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Seed10 countPI 593340 CR03 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Top Name:
Tai Hei Xi Gua
Origin:
Donated – Shanghai Shi, China
Received by NPGS:
21 Feb 1995
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
Tai Hei Xi Gua
Type: Local name

ZWRM 2
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
100-400 black and brown seed. Fruit small.
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
Genus:
Citrullus
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:

10675
Place of publication:

Cat. sem. spor. hort. bot. Univ. Imp. Tokyo 30, no. 854. 1916 (l.c. 38. 1920), nom. cons.
Comment:
the basionym Momordica lanata Thunb. is conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV) against the heterotypic synonym (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.4) Citrullus battich Forssk., nom. rej.
Verified:
03/13/2019 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. cordophanus Fursa (0 active accession[s])
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Momordica lanata Thunb.

Autonym(s)
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Citrullus aedulis Pangalo
Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Fursa
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.
Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. var. vulgaris
Colocynthis citrullus (L.) Kuntze
Cucurbita citrullus L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfghan-melon  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishbastard-melon  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishdessert watermelon  1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Englishwatermelon  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchmelon d'eau  2Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Frenchpastèque  2Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:32. Note: adopts for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
GermanWassermelone  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1306.
Italiananguria  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajisuika  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguesemelancia  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanishalbudeca  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: uses for cultivated watermelon as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus
Spanishsandía  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedishvattenmelon  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexi gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreansubag  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:90.
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 25 Aug 2015, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 10 Jun 1997, from Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai to Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai subsp. lanatus
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYBackground colorFruit rind background color3 - Dark Green WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 593340 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit color patternColor pattern of fruit rind1 - Solid WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 593340 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFlesh colorColor of ripe fruit flesh1 - Red WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 593340 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit diameterMaximum fruit diameter in centimeters4 WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 593340 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit lengthFruit length in centimeters5 WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 593340 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit shapeGeneral fruit shape1 - Round WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 593340 02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRind stripe colorColor of rind stripes3 - Dark Green WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 593340 02 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONFruit weightFruit weight measured in kilograms0.9 WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 593340 02 SDNot Available
QUALITYBrixMass percent sucrose determined by a hand held refractometer7.00 WATERMELON.EXPERIMENT.2003PI 593340 02 SDNot Available
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databaseSeed - Image of seed WATERMELON.IMAGE.SEEDPI 593340 01 SDNot Available